I put together a pdf to share ways my husband and I ate on the cheap during our early years when we were living on a grad student stipend. Some weeks we were literally looking in the couch cushions for change to afford bread and milk. If we had known how to cook from scratch, it probably would have been a little easier. Straight up, this won't work for everyone, but you might find some ideas, things to try, or resources that you didn't have before. Please use, share, or ignor

The Shire is our love child. ​ We had been dreaming of some acres to restore, to practice our ideas of gardening, sustainable agriculture, and crafting. We had been dreaming this for some 17 years in fact. Together. I think I had been dreaming of it my whole life. ​ Although Adam will say what finally bought us (two over-thinkers) to the purchasing table was because I had ultimately succeeded in planting every inch (some of it twice or thrice over) of our small house's yard.